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Show SILVER DOLLARS SCARCE. A Bet Which Proved an Unexpected State of Affairs In Washington. A party of gentlemen were discussing the financial conditions a coupla of days ago when one of them remarked upon the unusual scarcity of jlver dollars in circulation in Washinpfv He stated that it was difficult J t a person who had a silver doll! ds pocket, whereas a few monti ijbe cart wheels were more plentl he paper pa-per securities. His asl questioned ques-tioned by one of hiscoijujSsfwhere-upon hiscoijujSsfwhere-upon he remarked thatTie would be willing' to make a wartr of the cigars to prove it V,-. "I will bet, "he Temfr?, "that jotx cannot within one hour meet a mail whom you know who has a silver dollar dol-lar in his pocket. " The other, who had an extremely large acquaintance, eagerly accented the gage and took up a position down at the corner cor-ner of Fifteenth an ' F streets. Every friend and acquaintance who came along was requested to exchange a silver dollar dol-lar for four quarters. Scores of $1 bills were pulled out of pedestrians' pockets, but the man with the change wanted only the dollar of his daddies. At the end of the hour he paid for the cigars, because he found not a man in his quest who had a hard dollar in his pocket I don't know the reason for the scarcity of such coin, but its existence is beyond be-yond doubt. Washinion Star. |